A. J. McLean

Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.' No, they don't.

I, personally, am trying to get more and more involved with the gay and lesbian movement, very much so.

I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking.

I'll sing outside your window. I'm as old fashioned as they come.

There's life outside Backstreet Boys that is going on and continuing.

I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.

Keep your head up and be patient.

I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.

I shop more than most women.

Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight.

No one's a virgin, life screws us all!

Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage.

You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.

I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I'm the type of guy who likes to be there 24-7. I'm Mr. Roses.

Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.

You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.

I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.